William Shakespeare’s first folio to go on display - Scottish Field

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William Shakespeare’s first folio to go on display - Scottish Field

A 400-year-old collection of some of William Shakespeare’s first works including Macbeth is to go on display. The National Library in Edinburgh will display the works as part of the Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition at George IV Bridge. Originally published seven years after Shakespeare’s death in 1616, the folio includes 36 plays – 18 of which were published for the first time. They include The Tempest and Macbeth which e…